Posts Categorized: Webinar

Find out how you can use Interfaith Week 2015 to enhance RE provision in your school during the next Interfaith Explorers webinar at 4pm on Thursday 22nd October. This year’s Interfaith Week runs from the 15th – 21st November, and is a great opportunity for teachers to enhance the delivery of RE in their schools… Read more »

Learn how to use peacemaking education to support the delivery of RE, Citizenship, PSHE & SMSC at 4.00pm on Thursday 24th July. In recent years, peacemaking and conflict education programmes have been increasingly used in schools as a means of educating children about constructive approaches to managing conflicts. Moreover, the recent Ofsted Inspection framework, which… Read more »

The role of ‘values education’ in schools & community cohesion will be discussed during the next interfaith Explorers webinar broadcast on the 14th July! Schools play an important role in shaping the values of their pupils. But how do they build these values within their curriculum, extra-curricular activities and policies? What is the relationship between… Read more »

So how should teachers handle non-religious views in the classroom? Find out during next week’s webinar on the 18th June. A significant proportion of the world’s people today have a non-religious outlook on life. However, in a world with people who hold religious and non-religious views, it is important that pupils are informed about different faith… Read more »

Sign up to our next Interfaith Explorer webinar with Claire Clinton to discuss why critical thinking skills are vital for children in the 21st century. Joining her is advance skills teacher in Philosophy for Children, Lisa Naylor who is also an expert in critical thinking methodologies. So what is critical thinking? Well, education’s overall goal… Read more »

Since September 2014, all schools in England are required to actively promote fundamental British values to their pupils, both in lessons and in extracurricular activities delivered by the school. Consequently, this webinar scheduled for 4pm on Thursday 23rd April will help teachers: Consider Ofsted expectations about promoting fundamental British values and the role of schools;… Read more »

Join our religious education expert Clair Clinton at our next Interfaith Explorers webinar to discuss the new statutory duty on schools to prevent people being drawn into terrorism. Scheduled for 4pm on Thursday 26th March, this webinar will: Help practitioners understand what is meant by extremism in the context of the Government’s Prevent strategy and… Read more »

Last week saw the publication of the Parliamentary Education Select Committee Report into Sex and Relationship Education (SRE), which advocated for SRE to be renamed ‘Relationship and Sex Education’ (RSE) to emphasis the relationship elements of the subject, alongside it being given statutory status in both primary and secondary schools. This webinar explores how teachers… Read more »

With the increasing challenges faced when teaching in multi faith and multi ethnic school communities, quality guidance for RE teachers on what constitutes religious authority and where to find safe and accurate information has become crucial. Join our resident RE expert, Claire Clinton, in this 45-minute webinar which will examine: How to avoid the pitfalls… Read more »

The webinar takes place on Tuesday 21st October 2014 at 4:00pm–4:45pm (45 minutes) and shows how Interfaith Explorers supports the development of higher order thinking skills and helps pupils to understand the diverse world around them. The new national curriculum emphasizes the importance of higher order learning to promote skills such as ’problem solving’, ‘critical… Read more »